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Table Of Contents
- ACE Management Server Administrator’s Manual
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Planning an ACE Management Server Deployment
- Installing and Configuring ACE Management Server
- Configuration Options for ACE Management Server
- Prerequisites for Configuring the Server
- Starting ACE Management Server Configuration
- Viewing and Changing Licensing Information
- Using an External Database
- Creating Access Control
- Uploading Custom SSL Certificates
- Logging Events
- Applying Configuration Settings
- Load-Balancing Multiple ACE Management Server Instances
- Typical Setup Using Load-Balanced ACE Management Server Instances
- Install the Required Services for Load Balancing
- Use the Same SSL Certificate on All Servers
- Create New SSL Certificates and Keys for Each Server
- Installing and Configuring the Load Balancer
- Verify That ACE Instances Are Using the Load Balancer
- Managing ACE Instances
- Viewing ACE Instances That the Server Manages
- Search for an Instance
- Sort by Column Heading and Change Column Width
- Show, Hide, and Move Columns in the Instance View
- Create or Delete Custom Columns in the Instance View
- View Instance Details
- Reactivate, Deactivate, or Delete an ACE Instance
- Change a Copy Protection ID
- Reset the Authentication Password
- Add Information for Custom Columns
- Troubleshooting and Maintenance
- Appendix: Database Schema and Audit Event Log Data
- Glossary
- Index
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Sensitiveconfigurationoptionsareencrypted–Passwordsstoredinthe
configurationfileareencrypted.
Databasesecurity–Thedatabasestorecontainssensitivedatasuchas
cryptographickeys.Configureyourdatabasesecuritysothatitisprotectedfrom
intrusionandprotectedincaseofdataloss.Formoreinformationaboutfeatures
thatareavailabletoprotectyourdata,seeyourdatabasedocumentation.)
SSLencryptsdatathrough
theuseofapublic‐keyandprivate‐keypair.Thepublickey
isknowntoeveryoneandtheprivatekeyisknownonlytothemessagerecipient.
URLs thatrequireanSSLconnectionstartwithhttps.
DuringACEManagementServerinstallation,thefollowingtwofilesarecreated:
server.key–AnRSA1024‐bitkey,thisistheprivatekey.
server.crt–Aself‐signedcertificate.Itssignatureisverifiedbythepublickey,
whichisembeddedinthecertificate.Thispubliccertificateisvalidfor10years
fromthedateandtimeatwhichtheserverisinstalled.Thecertificatefileis
encodedinPEMformat.
Bydefault,thesefiles
arestoredintheSSLdirectoryintheVMwareACEManagement
Serverprogramdirectory.
VMwarePlayer,whichrunstheACEinstances,doesnottrustanycertificatesstoredon
thehostmachineonwhichitisrunning.Instead,itreliesonacompletecertification
chainthatisincludedintheACE
package.Usingself‐signedcertificatesisadequatefor
mostsecurityneeds.
Youcan,however,useacertificateissuedbyacertificateauthority.Ifyouhavemultiple
ACEManagementServerinstances,youcanuseonecertificateforalloryoucanusea
differentcertificateoneachone.
Using SSL Certificates and Protocol
WhenanACE‐enabledvirtualmachineconnectstoanACEManagementServer,it
downloadsthepubliccertificateforthatserverandanychainofcertificatesrequiredto
verifytheserver’spubliccertificate.Aservercertificatemighthaveachainofseveral
certificatesthatmustbeverifiedstepbystepuntilthe
verificationprocessreachesthe
root,ortrusted,certificateinthecertificatestore.Thefirsttimeaconnectionismadeto
aserverbyanyACE‐enabledvirtualmachineonaWorkstationadministratormachine,
thecertificateanditsverificationaredownloadedtotheWorkstationhostsystem.